Special Guest ‘My 3 Monsters’ {Super Cool Wall Art}

If you’ve been reading along you already know of my fond love for inexpensive, easy wall art. My heart went pitter patter when I saw this super cool wall art project. I am so excited to have Amy here today from My 3 Monsters to share it with you all! {I know you’re going to love it!}

Hello! I’m Amy and I’m “just” a stay home mom (don’t you love how we all say that) with a degree in interior design. I started writing “My 3 Monsters” to chronicle the adventures of our somewhat crazy family, but it has really become a fantastic creative outlet. I craft whenever I get a chance to keep the creative juices flowing and I’m a compulsive re-decorator. While I would love to have an unlimited budget to dud up my home, I LIVE FOR a good deal. (I even bought our dog because she matched my decor and only cost $15. I know, I know . . . ) There is nothing I enjoy more than budget conscious decorating. It is my personal belief that every family should have a home that they love and is a beautiful, comfortable reflection of who they are no matter what their budget may be.

Every so often I get the urge to redecorate my home. Often these urges concur with the removal of seasonal decorations. There is almost nothing like the potential of a fresh, empty canvas of a living room. So today I set out to create a piece of art for over my fireplace. Armed with some inspiration, a basic knowledge of internet investigation and a lotta’ luck, I happened upon the Flickr photostream of Leo Reynolds. He has posted thousands of photos of typography and signage (and other interesting things) and he is kind enough to let us, the general public, use them with a very few restrictions.

I spent hours going through everything finding just the right letters and numbers in just the right colors, downloading them in just the size I wanted (1024 x 1024 pixels), and stitching them together in Gimp. Here’s the great part — you can order a 20 x 30 inch poster print online for between $10 and $20. Mine was $9 plus tax at Costco, ready in 3 hours. I ended up Mod-Podging this poster to a 24×36 and framing it in a substantial black frame. Everyone who comes in my house comments on it. It’s definitely a conversation piece. Thank you, Mr. Reynolds. Thank you very much. Enjoy, my crafty friends! Amy

Well along with Thanking Mr. Reynolds ~ Thank You Amy for sharing this with us all.

I was so inspired by Amy’s post; I whipped one of my own up this morning. {Seriously, with all Amy’s leg work, this took about 1/2 hour to complete ~ Thanks You So Much, Amy!}. Leo Reynolds’s photos are simply amazing. You will find that most of your time will be spent just browsing through his albums. You can find his full photostream sets here. I simply made my collage in a publisher program and printed it out right on my computer as I could not even wait to get this up on my wall! {Printed 8X10, framed with mats in 17.5 X21.5 frame}

Thanks again Amy for sharing this awesome idea!
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I’ll be back later on tonight with The Sunday Showcase Party post! Enjoy!

I like this! I have extra random letters in different fonts from scrapbooking that I bet I could put together to make a gift for someone. I could make it all aout of scrapbook supplies and distress as needed.

WOW! What a fantastic idea – great job! This would make such a wonderful gift … I’m thinking newlyweds, housewarming… I can’t wait to make a few, and of course one for us too! I’ve featured this project on my blog today, in the post titled Tuesday Tumblr:http://www.camilledawn.com/2010/06/tumblr-tuesday.htmlI hope by passing it on, others will be inspired too!Camille =)mother★lode

I have a brand new nephew who has spent most of his time in a hospital… I would LOVE for the new mommy to come home to this surprise… where did you find the @ pic or the est. pic on the chalkboards? I’m not having much luck with those two. Thanks for an AWESOME project!!!

Thanks so much for this idea! We’re getting ready to celebrate our 15th year anniversary and I just made one for my husband! I chose letters that meant something from our lives. Italian tiles from when we lived in Italy. Metal welded and cut to remember we met in welding school. Chili pepper cuz he loves spicy foods and even one was quilted for my love of crafts! Absolutely love this!

LOVE,LOVE,LOVE everything I’ve seen on your site! I’m trying to make my own word wall art. I downloaded GIMP and have been able to transfer the letters to GIMP but don’t know how to get them on the same document. Please help! I also would like to know where you found “est”.Thanks!Cindy[email protected]

For the “est” i just searched images in flikr and found one that showed the whole word “Established”, then I cropped just the “Est.” It worked great. My only issue right now is that when I sent my project to the printer, the preview shows the sides cut off. I want an 11×14 print, so I sized my GIMP file to 1265×1610, as suggested. Any advice?? I’m so close to being done!jennifer(dot)horenkamp(at)gmail.com

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